President Muhammadu Buhari shocked his interviewer
in Paris yesterday that he sometimes misses his
way in Aso Presidential
Villa, an expansive palace serving a dual purpose as office and
residence for an incumbent Nigerian leader.
It was built in the late 80s and a former military president, Ibrahim
Babangida first occupied it in 1991, after he moved the central
government from Lagos to Abuja, months after an aborted coup.
President Buhari was also a former Nigerian leader that ruled from Dodan Barracks in Obalende Lagos, from January 1984 to August 1985, when he was toppled by Babangida.
Asked today by an interviewer on France 24, whether Aso Rock was like the Government House he left in 1985.
Buhari answered: It was not the same place. The last time I was there, I was in the barracks. This time I am in a palace. At times, I can’t find my way around. It is so big so much that it must be expensive to maintain. But it is there, it cannot be removed.”
Asked whether he is now a different man, he answered:
“I don’t think basically, I am a different man. I came back to power under a different system.”
source: Pm news
President Buhari was also a former Nigerian leader that ruled from Dodan Barracks in Obalende Lagos, from January 1984 to August 1985, when he was toppled by Babangida.
Asked today by an interviewer on France 24, whether Aso Rock was like the Government House he left in 1985.
Buhari answered: It was not the same place. The last time I was there, I was in the barracks. This time I am in a palace. At times, I can’t find my way around. It is so big so much that it must be expensive to maintain. But it is there, it cannot be removed.”
Asked whether he is now a different man, he answered:
“I don’t think basically, I am a different man. I came back to power under a different system.”
source: Pm news
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